07 June, 2016

Bernie prepares for last battle in California

With 806
delegates up for grabs, both Clinton — with 571 left to win — and
Sanders — with 862 left — are eyeing California, which holds the
majority of voters.

Tuesday
could very well decide the ultimate fate of Bernie Sanders, with the
primaries — especially in California — offering big delegate
pools that are expected to tip the scales and award Hillary Clinton
the nomination.

Sanders'
campaigners have been going all out in California, which will
allocate 546 delegates, 25 short of those Clinton needs to pass the
threshold.

Voters will
also decide in Montana (27 delegates), New Jersey (142 delegates),
New Mexico (43 delegates), North Dakota (23 delegates) and South
Dakota (25 delegates), report the New York Times.

Not
including superdelegates, Sanders is 291 delegates behind Clinton,
but will be hoping to use his popularity in the upcoming contests to
convince superdelegates to change their allegiance. Hundreds had
already pledged to vote for Clinton months before his campaign picked
up.

Leading up
to Tuesday’s vote, 44 percent of California Democrats said they
would support Sanders and 43 percent said they would back Clinton,
according to a new poll from the Los Angeles Times.